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Final Lamorinda Action Plan Lamorinda Action Plan Final Prepared by: 1970 Broadway, Suite 740 Oakland, CA 94612 September 2017 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 The Action Plan ............................................................................................................................. 2 1.2 2014 Action Plan ........................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Outline of the Document ........................................................................................................... 5 2 Action Plan Framework ............................................................................................. 7 2.1 Statements of Vision, Goals and Policies ................................................................................ 7 2.2 Routes of Regional Significance ................................................................................................. 9 2.3 Lamorinda Interjurisdictional Routes .................................................................................... 10 2.4 Multimodal Transportation Service Objectives (MTSOs) and Performance Measures ...................................................................................................................................... 11 3 Existing Transportation Conditions ........................................................................ 18 3.1 Routes of Regional Significance .............................................................................................. 18 3.1.1 State Route 24 (SR-24) ...................................................................................... 18 3.1.2 BART ...................................................................................................................... 22 3.1.3 Pleasant Hill Road ................................................................................................ 22 3.1.4 Camino Pablo / San Pablo Dam Road ............................................................. 23 3.2 Lamorinda Interjurisdictional Routes .................................................................................... 23 3.2.1 Moraga Way ......................................................................................................... 23 3.2.2 Moraga Road ......................................................................................................... 24 3.2.3 Mount Diablo Boulevard (Happy Valley Road to Brown Avenue) .......... 24 3.2.4 Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail ...................................................................... 24 3.3 Monitoring Multimodal Transportation Service Objectives ............................................ 24 3.4 Transit Service ............................................................................................................................ 26 3.4.1 BART ...................................................................................................................... 26 3.4.2 County Connection ............................................................................................ 27 3.4.3 Paratransit ............................................................................................................. 29 4 Overall Growth Rates and Future Travel Patterns ............................................... 31 4.1 Population Forecasts ................................................................................................................. 32 4.2 Employment Forecasts ............................................................................................................. 33 4.3 Traffic Forecasts ......................................................................................................................... 34 4.4 Forecasts of MTSO Values for 2040 ..................................................................................... 35 5 Actions for Routes of Regional Significance ........................................................... 38 5.1 Actions ......................................................................................................................................... 39 5.2 Preliminary Analysis Results of Actions ............................................................................... 55 5.3 Gateway Constraint Policy ...................................................................................................... 55 5.4 Gateway Policies for Specific Routes .................................................................................... 56 5.5 Traffic Management Strategies ................................................................................................ 58 6 Financial Plan ............................................................................................................. 60 6.1 Overview of the Financial Plan ............................................................................................... 60 6.2 Subregional Transportation Mitigation Program (STMP) ................................................. 62 7 Procedures for Notification, Review, and Monitoring ........................................... 64 7.1 Notification Regarding Development Applications and Environmental Documents .................................................................................................................................. 64 7.2 Review of General Plan Amendments .................................................................................. 68 7.3 Action Plan Monitoring and Review ...................................................................................... 69 7.4 Process for Addressing MTSO Exceedances ...................................................................... 69 Appendix A: Detailed MTSO Monitoring Values and Forecasts for the Lamorinda Action Plan ............................................................................ 71 Appendix B: Detailed Segment-Level Analysis of Route Characteristics and Needs ......................................................................................................... 81 Lamorinda Secondary Routes of Regional Significance ............................................................ 82 Lamorinda Interjurisdictional Routes ........................................................................................... 84 ii Figure 1: Lamorinda Routes of Regional Significance .................................................................................. 9 Figure 2: Lamorinda Interjurisdictional Routes ......................................................................................... 11 Figure 3: 2013 and 2040 AM Peak Period Westbound Origin-Destination Summary .................... 20 Figure 4: 2013 and 2040 AM Peak Period Eastbound Origin-Destination Summary ....................... 21 Figure 5: BART System Map .......................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 6: Average Annual Weekday Exits at Orinda and Lafayette BART stations ......................... 26 Figure 7: County Connection System Map (Lamorinda area) ............................................................... 27 Figure 8: Annual Ridership for County Connection Lamorinda Bus Routes .................................... 28 Figure 9: FY 2012 Ridership for County Connection Lamorinda Service, by Bus Route ............... 28 Figure 10: FY 2012 Ridership for County Connection Lamorinda Service, by Age Group ........... 29 Figure 11: Annual Paratransit Ridership in Lamorinda ............................................................................ 30 Figure 12: Households by Area, 2013 to 2040 ......................................................................................... 33 Figure 13: Employment by Area, 2013 to 2040 ........................................................................................ 34 Figure 14: Locations of Lamorinda Gateways ........................................................................................... 56 Figure 15: Action Plan Review Process for Lamorinda GPAs and Projects ....................................... 67 Table 1: MTSOs for Routes of Regional Significance ............................................................................... 13 Table 2: Performance Measures for Lamorinda Interjurisdictional Routes ....................................... 16 Table 3: Status of MTSOs of Routes of Regional Significance ............................................................... 25 Table 4: Lamorinda Demographic Forecasts ............................................................................................. 32 Table 5: Lamorinda Population, Households, Employed Residents and Employment Forecasts ............................................................................................................................................ 32 Table 6: Lamorinda Employed Residents Distribution Profile ............................................................... 33 Table 7: Lamorinda Employment Forecast ................................................................................................. 34 Table 8: Traffic Forecasts for Select Routes of Regional Significance and Interjurisdictional Routes ............................................................................................................... 35 Table 9: Assessment of MTSO Values for 2013 and 2040 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